I've also got some Northstar stuff in the Twin One community, but that's ages ago and it sort of sucked, so I can't be bothered to locate it. I've since fallen solidly out of love with everything X-Men related anyway.
Otherwise, click the fanfiction tag for other stuff as well as recs and musings.
Wow, it's been a while since I posted, hasn't it? I really need to shape up, I've been completely negligent of my online life. Haven't read my friend's page in ages either, or posted any fic, or anything.
Anyway, I recently discovered a new obsession. I used to recommend Gakuen Alice for parents who came into our shop looking for something for their 10-11-year-old daughters, and thought that "hey, maybe I should read past the first three chapters soon". So I did.
I'm not recommending that for young girls anymore.
Don't get me wrong, it's really, really good. Like, so good that I more or less think that the greatest tragedy of Tokyopop going under is that this series won't be translated to the end. So good that I'm considering downloading and actually printing out fan scanlations of the latest volumes. So good that I check every day for an update now that it's going towards the end.
But it's a bit too dark for kids, I think. There's a reason there's a suggestion that one should be 13 to read it. The story surrounding the male lead in particular is quite gruesome. Luckily, the female lead (and central protagonist) is sunny and cheery and a delight, really. It's kind of like Fruits Basket, actually - without Mikan (and in Furuba, Tohru) the story would be too gloomy to handle.
But what should a rec for parents and their daughters now? Any suggestions?
So, today it's one month until Christmas Eve. I have lined up my schedule, and found out that I have time to relax roughly on Dec 26th.
Naturally, this means that I should offer to do fic presents for everyone who wants them!
If you want a story, give me a fandom, a character/pairing and a prompt, and I will write you a fic present.
Rules: 1. Make the prompt by Dec 10th. 2. It has to be mostly fluffy. I won't write pure angst or horror or any of that stuff this time of year. 3. Gen, het, femslash or canonslash only. 4. Asking for bashing gets you disqualified for present. 5. Only fandoms you know that I'm familiar with. 6. Shortfic only due to time constraints. 7. Let me know if you want me to tell you Happy (belated) Chanukah or something instead of Merry Christmas. 8. Let me know how I should get the fic to you - e-mail, post in a comment in your LJ/DW, post on my LJ/DW, whatever. 9. If I have no idea who you are, I won't write for you. This is for people I'm fairly friendly with.
I feel, very strongly, that something can easily be a good fic without necessarily being a good fanfic.
A good fic, or story as they call it outside fandom, manages to convey something. It can have characterisation, plot, buildup, resolution, world-building, all sorts of stuff that makes it a nice read.
A good fanfic has that AND it stays true to to the world and the characters it uses.
So just because a lot of thought and effort has gone into a fic, and it's exciting and whatnot, it can fail completely as a fanfic.
And that's why character bashing fics always are badfics.
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